Manufacturing

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This case study describes the implementation of process analytical technology on the cultivation process step of a whole-cell vaccine against whooping cough disease.

Pan coating has been the preferred method of coating tablets for more than 20 years, but core coating is becoming more popular.

This week, the US Pharmacopeial Convention and the Vietnamese Pharmacopoeia Commission signed a memorandum of understanding that will help ensure the safety of Vietnamese medicines.

REMS to improve the safe use of opioids may lead to controls on other high-risk medicines.

The regulators are doing it. But industry's fear of sharing information may leave them behind.

Dramatic increases in yields from cell lines and the increasing popularity of single-use technologies will change the way we look at future bioprocessing facilities and process designs.

A Pharmaceutical Technology report looks at trends in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. This article contains bonus online-exclusive material.

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While regulators begin to address nano-based drugs, industry should get its risk data ready.

Some GMP agents seem to find a way to squander time, money, and common sense.

Is it good policy to pay for bad behavior?

High-potency manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients is a growing and specialized capability.

Brief pharmaceutical news items for July 2009.

A look at the true cost-drivers of cell-culture production.

Developers of low-dose drugs in solid oral dosage forms will find theoretical considerations and practical advice in a new book.

The authors discuss the theory of ion mobility spectrometry, its benefit over HPLC analysis in cleaning verification, and the experimental considerations for method validation and validation.

The authors describe a proprietary process for producing a stable, topical interferon alpha-2b formulation that can deliver large drug molecules into the skin or mucosa.

Large-scale manufacturing of human stem cells for therapeutic use is a leap in technology and science for the current biotechnology industry.

The authors discuss how strategic outsourcing to contract manufacturing organizations that have technical and regulatory expertise can add further value during vaccine development.

During the past decade, big pharmaceutical companies have been making major efforts to restructure their manufacturing networks. In their haste to shed costs and assets, however, some may be adding risk to their product supply chains.

Are manufacturers ready to deal with the economic and logistical challenges that accompany tailored therapeutics?

A number of commentators during the past few years have speculated that nanotechnology is the wave of the future in biotech and pharma.

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Generic-drug and specialty pharmaceutical manufacturer Watson Pharmaceuticals (Corona, CA) agreed to acquire the generic-drug company Arrow Group for $1.75 billion in cash and stock.

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Following the World Health Organization's declaration last week of an influenza pandemic, vaccine makers in Europe and China as well as world health agencies are stepping up efforts toward rapid development and approval of an effective vaccine.

PharmTech's monthly newsletter, Equipment & Processing Report, reviews the Editor's Picks for the May 2009 edition from Bullard and Teledyne Tekmar.